“Tarlouze, fag, tafiole, queer or PD, pedal etc.”, actor Vincent Dedienne, the co-author and somewhat sarcastic narrator of this documentary, reads the list of already-heard qualifiers about his sexual orientation like a rosary. With a soft spot, it says for “tafiole”. As this movie shows, there was and still is a need for irony and lots of humor when someone is gay, lesbian, bisexual or pansexual (editor’s note, the appeal of an individual regardless of gender or gender). Their names are Sylvain, Arwen, Catherine, Gabriel, Angèle, Oussem, Léontin, Laure, Bernard, Mfaomé, Paloma, Jean-Baptiste and even Gérard. And they all testify openly. One professional football player, the other the US ambassador to France, two famous singers, some high school or university students, one a landscape architect… Many personalities who show and fairly share the diversity of situations. It’s a similar experience, as pointed out by this film by Aurélia Perreau (director of Blacks in France, released in 2022).
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In a medical program published in 1973 and undoubtedly one of the first to devote to homosexuality in France, it is portrayed as a disease. For the record, homosexuality will be considered a psychiatric pathology until 1992. Anecdotal but surprising: American TV series dynasty It was published in France in 1983, and one of the characters (Steven Carrington, played by Al Corley) came to live with his family there, the French version was modified so that the term homosexual did not appear. Instead, the character says, “I’m not like all of you. And a relative in the legislature says “Steven is sick”, not “Steven is gay.”
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At 8 p.m. on France 2, presenter Jean-Baptiste Marteau, jester of Laurent Delahousse, reminds us of the difficulty of identifying with role models when gay, reminding that Michel Serrault brilliantly camped Albin, aka Zaza. La Cage aux FollesIn 1978: “ But I couldn’t recognize myself in this cartoon. When the journalist leaves the restaurant where he had lunch with his mother, his mother cries loudly and bangs on the table. “ I think he was most worried about the life ahead of me. “As for Belgian bisexual singer Angèle, she remembers her expression being stolen from her when photos of herself and her partner were disclosed by a folk magazine. Especially a wound about relatives who do not know about his sexual orientation, like his grandmother. Hugo Bardin, better known as Paloma, drag queen and winner of season 1 of Drag Race France, sneers at his own debut: ” My mother was peeling carrots. I said to her: “Mom, I will tell you something: I like men.He continued peeling his vegetables and replied: “Oof… I’ve known since I was 4 years old.””
Gays in France, Tuesday 16 May at 21:10 at France 2
FREDERICK RAPILLY
Source: Programme Television
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